The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-05
A WHEELING MAN KILLED.
Tho News of the Wreck Causes aIucl
Sorrow and Uneasincss. ,ls-

Tho News of the Wreck Causes AIucl
Sorrow and Unensincss.
The frat news OF the horrible accident
on the Chicago division CT the B. & O
road, near Tiiiin, Ohio, was received here
at an early hour yesterday morning by
railroad officials. Rumors OF she terrible
catastrophe coon leaked out, and, spread.
ing rapidly, created profound eensatinn
all over the city, especially in the busines,
quarters.
There were many anxious inquiries ior
particulars and number waited ner.
vonsly and fearfully for the press dis.
patches that should give the particulars
and the names OF the killed and wounded.
1t was nearly noon before anything re.
liable could be ascertained. and in the
meantime several grossly exaggerated ru.
mors were put in circulation, adding great
ly 10 the suspense. More intorest. could
not have been felt had the accident been
a local one. Indeed, this may be said to
have been local to Wheeling, for there
| is no train on the Baltimore d
Ohio road that is more generally
patronized by Wheeling people than it's
"Daisy Limited" There is scarcely O
night that Wheeling people, usually a
business man or two, do not leave here on
that train at 7:55 o'clock and ar
irving in Chicago the next morn
ing, trasact their business and re-
turn that evening on the sans train.
Its fast time and many conveniences
havs mads it q decidedly popular train
with the travelling public. 1t WAS almost
certain that some Wheeling people were
on that tram, and there was naturally
considerable excitement here, continuing
throughout the day. Another thing that
gsve It such local sensation was that
tho quartette OF conductors who run
the ,"Daieies" between hero and
Chicago number their friends here by the
hundreds, and are considered residents.
There we're inquiries oft-repeated as to
which one of the four had charge Of the
ill.tated train, and whether he had been
killed.
Among the first particulars received
here was the announcement tina. Captain
Tom Heskett, the conductor, who is a
resident OF the Island, WAS cafe. His
young vile, who had heard Of .the acci-
dent and knew that 1t ives her husbands 3
train, WAS naturally greatly. relieved by
this news, as were all his friends.
About the same time that this news was
received came that Of the death Of W..
Scott Pierce, the express messenger. His
residence was given as Wheeling, but very
few knew him and there were many ques-
tiona as to who be was. !, This death was q
peculiarly sad ono. Pierce halls from 6 raj.
ton. He was' formerly postal agent
on the B. & o. with headquarters
at that place. He became an express
messenger eventually; was stationed for
time in the Columbus office, and then
went on the Lake Eric division of
tho B. Il o., where he remained
about four months, beiog transferred
to the rnn between here
and Chicago in October lss...t;Last. July
he married Ermina McGrsw, OF Brandon
VILE, Preston county, niece Of Hon. w.
G. McGrew. Of MorgantowH.! She was au
orphan. His mother died about the same
time, leaving him a sister about thirteen
years Of age to care for. As soon as he was
put on the Chicago run he brought his
wife and sister, here, and they went to
housekeeping at No. G3 Eighteenth street.
Pierce we8 about q years OF age, o
sober, industrious and reliable young
man. He Was living in nope OF securing
some permanent position in one
Of the express Offices and Monday night
before be went GU. ne sat in the Baltimore
/ Ohio express Office here and told a
friond Of tue talk about this matter thnt
he had had with Supcrintend.
80 c.,Ia.- -lt,,J to,J : Lon,5I- ~ -
couraged he felt over what he
had learned. The awful news OF his
death had to be broken 10 his wife and
sister by unwilling friends. The young
wife was completely prostrated; her grief
was not OF the violent nature-it
stunned her rather, as "a blow
on tho lead might have done, and
for time she seemed unable Sto realize
the awful calamity that had befallen her.
Tho grief OF the little sister was pitiful.
Lsst evening Mr.. L. G. JeGerys, editor OF
the Grafton Sentinel, an uncle OF the unfor-
tunate messenger, arrived in the city to
take charge OF these two sadly bereaved
once. t.;F 5Magstt q. l3
Capt. Bob Moore, who brought in yes.
terday. mornings Limited" was amoug
those besigsd with questions for particu.
lars. He says that the report that Hes
ketts train was an hour late must
surely bc o mistake. His (Moore'e) train
was late on account Of snow and cold weB,
Of Chicago junction, aud instead Of pass.
ing Heskett at Shelby Junction, abou,
twenty miles this side mol Chicago
Junction, they paused ut Relief
about four miles west Of Chicago
Junction. That was at ! :46 o'clock A. "
Heskett's train was on ths siding and hs
yas m the rear platform of the last sleepe)